What is the University thinking? you got rid of one of the best bookstores in the country, and now you want to get rid of these houses?
Are you trying to destroy the university?
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Suzanne Staubach
10 years ago
Building the future does not mean destroying the past. This historic part of campus is a pretty and leafy respite. The buildings have been long neglected and need repair, not demolition.
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Kathleen
10 years ago
These lovely homes can be updated. So wasteful to tear them down . Such a statement about our "throw away" generation. put the students to work and bring out their creativity with a remodel.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
It was just a matter of time before the UConn administration would start the ball rolling in the direction of these historic houses. Can't leave anything alone is their motto, regardless of what those things mean to those with a sense of UConn's past.
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Janet Grace
10 years ago
If University leadership saw it important enough to go to the trouble of qualifying these properties for the National Register of Historic Places, clearly they warranted preservation. UCONN hired a master planner who last had a post at Yale. I'm certain Yale wouldn't have rushed to tear down its original structures why would UCONN? That master planner has the skills to figure this out and is being paid very well to do so. We expect a plan that respects University history and looks forward. Both are possible!
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Donna Clouette
10 years ago
Please don't follow the typical UConn pattern of neglecting historic buildings until "they can't be saved."
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Nadeen Gray
10 years ago
Save the ambiance of UCONN and the small town feel.
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Caylei Arnold
10 years ago
Beautiful old homes that are part of the historic and beautiful side of campus. Bulldozing these iconic homes of yesteryear would be a significant loss of the charming character that is UConn.
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Anonymous
10 years ago
Our family history at UCONN began when my husband's father was born in one if the houses on Faculty Row while his dad, Raymond I Longley, was comptroller of the university. Raymond and his wife, Elizabeth, and their four children resided there for several years until Mr. Longley retired as state auditor and moved to Union, CT. We are frequent visitors to campus and always drive by the old homestead. It would be such a shame to lose this part of our history and that of the University.
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Barbara Caisse
10 years ago
Please save this history.
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Cheryl
10 years ago
These homes represent one of the last pieces of history for the University of Connecticut. They were built with distinction and quality to serve the university from a time gone by. They should remain as part of UConn's landscape, as a reminder of another time in UConn's history. One of our returning visitors from the United Kingdom has commented to me - she looks forward to walking through this area of campus, as the homes, trees and small wildlife that grace this area of campus is a representation of UConn's past, and one which cannot be found anywhere else on campus.
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Keri Fuller
10 years ago
Save what you have, don't waste the beauty of the artitecture and character of these houses.
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Rita Noonan
10 years ago
Thank you for valuing our history.
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Joseph Szalay
10 years ago
Appalled at this administration's obliteration of UCONN history and tradition.
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Gail Bruhn
10 years ago
The Mansfield Historic District Commission supports saving "Faculty Row".
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Rosemary Noonan
10 years ago
The old graduate dorms are being razed. It would be sad to see more of the old campus disappear.
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Maureen Danovsky
10 years ago
Preserve history, not destroy it!
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Rebecca Laroche
10 years ago
Save the houses. They give the uconn campus character
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David Kline
10 years ago
These buildings are as much a part of Storrs history as the brick buildings on the rest of the historic campus. They should be occupied as on-campus housing or for some other purpose.
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Nancy Mattoon Kline
10 years ago
In our "Land of Steady Habits," the Gilbert and Whitney Road houses are an essential part of UConn's history. And they're at the heart of the 1989 National Historic Register landmark buildings plan.
What is the University thinking? you got rid of one of the best bookstores in the country, and now you want to get rid of these houses? Are you trying to destroy the university?
Building the future does not mean destroying the past. This historic part of campus is a pretty and leafy respite. The buildings have been long neglected and need repair, not demolition.
These lovely homes can be updated. So wasteful to tear them down . Such a statement about our "throw away" generation. put the students to work and bring out their creativity with a remodel.
It was just a matter of time before the UConn administration would start the ball rolling in the direction of these historic houses. Can't leave anything alone is their motto, regardless of what those things mean to those with a sense of UConn's past.
If University leadership saw it important enough to go to the trouble of qualifying these properties for the National Register of Historic Places, clearly they warranted preservation. UCONN hired a master planner who last had a post at Yale. I'm certain Yale wouldn't have rushed to tear down its original structures why would UCONN? That master planner has the skills to figure this out and is being paid very well to do so. We expect a plan that respects University history and looks forward. Both are possible!
Please don't follow the typical UConn pattern of neglecting historic buildings until "they can't be saved."
Save the ambiance of UCONN and the small town feel.
Beautiful old homes that are part of the historic and beautiful side of campus. Bulldozing these iconic homes of yesteryear would be a significant loss of the charming character that is UConn.
Our family history at UCONN began when my husband's father was born in one if the houses on Faculty Row while his dad, Raymond I Longley, was comptroller of the university. Raymond and his wife, Elizabeth, and their four children resided there for several years until Mr. Longley retired as state auditor and moved to Union, CT. We are frequent visitors to campus and always drive by the old homestead. It would be such a shame to lose this part of our history and that of the University.
Please save this history.
These homes represent one of the last pieces of history for the University of Connecticut. They were built with distinction and quality to serve the university from a time gone by. They should remain as part of UConn's landscape, as a reminder of another time in UConn's history. One of our returning visitors from the United Kingdom has commented to me - she looks forward to walking through this area of campus, as the homes, trees and small wildlife that grace this area of campus is a representation of UConn's past, and one which cannot be found anywhere else on campus.
Save what you have, don't waste the beauty of the artitecture and character of these houses.
Thank you for valuing our history.
Appalled at this administration's obliteration of UCONN history and tradition.
The Mansfield Historic District Commission supports saving "Faculty Row".
The old graduate dorms are being razed. It would be sad to see more of the old campus disappear.
Preserve history, not destroy it!
Save the houses. They give the uconn campus character
These buildings are as much a part of Storrs history as the brick buildings on the rest of the historic campus. They should be occupied as on-campus housing or for some other purpose.
In our "Land of Steady Habits," the Gilbert and Whitney Road houses are an essential part of UConn's history. And they're at the heart of the 1989 National Historic Register landmark buildings plan.